Viterbi Faculty Directory

Aiichiro Nakano

Professor of Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Biological Sciences

Education

1989, Doctoral Degree, Computer Science, University of Tokyo

Biography

Aiichiro Nakano is a Professor of Computer Science with joint appointments in Physics & Astronomy, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Biological Sciences, and the Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations at the University of Southern California. He received a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1989. He has authored 360+ refereed articles in the areas of scalable scientific algorithms, massive data visualization and analysis, and computational materials science. He is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Career Award (1997), Louisiana State University (LSU) Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award (1999), LSU College of Basic Sciences Award of Excellence in Graduate Teaching (2000), the Best Paper Award at the IEEE/ACM Supercomputing 2001 Conference, Best Paper at the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference (2002), Okawa Foundation Faculty Research Award (2003), USC Viterbi School of Engineering Senior Research Award (2012), the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (2013), and US-DOE Aurora Early Science Program award (2017). He is a Fellow of American Physical Society and a member of IEEE, ACM, and MRS.

Research Summary

Algorithmic, parallel-computing and visualization techniques for high-end computational sciences on high-end parallel supercomputers and virtual environments, with applications at the interface of information technology, nanotechnology, and biology.

Awards

1991 Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Associateship Award in Computer Science and Engineering

1997 Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (1997-2001)